how can I move photos in the folders of Icloud to photos?

I have thousands of photos in different folders in icloud. I want to move all of them to photos. Can I do this movement at the cloud level? I did download all of these photos on my mac and import them to photos, and the photos started uploading these to cloud again. This takes ages. There must be a way to move these photos at the cloud from icloud to photos.

Posted on Feb 2, 2021 12:10 PM

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Posted on Feb 2, 2021 12:36 PM

No, it is not possible. You have to import and copy the photos from the folders on iCloud Drive into the Photos Library. Photos cannot import the photos already on iCloud Drive as referenced files, because referenced files are not compatible with iCloud Photos.

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Feb 2, 2021 12:36 PM in response to hakan106

No, it is not possible. You have to import and copy the photos from the folders on iCloud Drive into the Photos Library. Photos cannot import the photos already on iCloud Drive as referenced files, because referenced files are not compatible with iCloud Photos.

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